GIFT  OF 


RANSACKING 

THE  SCRIPTURES 


BIBLE   RULES    FOR   BIBLE   STUDY 

WITH  INDEX  OF  BIBLE 
INCIDENTS 


Third  Edition 


By  KEITH  L.  BROOKS 


IFT 


RANSACKING 

THE 

SCRIPTURES 


BIBLE  RULES 

=  FOR  == 

BIBLE  STUDY 


By 
KEITH  L.  BROOKS 


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INDEX 


Bible  Rules   for   Bible  Study 3 

Importance   of    the   Word 7 

Methods   of  Bible  Study. > 8 

Important  Chapters  of  the  Bible 9 

Number   of   Chapters   in   the   Books 11 

Why  the  Bible  was   Written 12 

Key   Notes   of   the   Books 13 

Key  Verses  of  the  Books 14 

Writers  and  Dates   of  the  Books 15 

Christ   in    the   Books 17 

Outward  Divisions  of  the  Bible...  18 

Conclusions    of    the    Books 19 

Facts  About  the  Bible.., 23 

Dispensations!    Divisions . „...  25 

Inspiration    of   the   Bible _ 27 

Index  of  Bible  Events   and   Facts 34 


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[BIBLE  RULES  for  BIBLE  STUDY  | 

S-E-A-R-C-H 

The  Bible  is  God's  Love  Letter  to 
every  Christian.  It  is  therefore  the 
Christian's  business  to  "search  out" 
its  teachings,  or  to  put  it  even  more 
literally — "Ransack  the  Scriptures." 
(Acts  17:11;  Jn.  5:39.)  As  we 
would  study  every  word  and  medi- 
tate upon  every  paragraph  of  a  love 
letter  from  one  near  to  our  hearts, 
that  we  might  gather  every  expres- 
sion of  love  and  every  thought  for 
our  good,  so  we  should  "explore" 
the  Word  of  God  that  we  may  grow 
in  grace  and  in  the  knowledge  of 
Jesus  Christ,  our  Divine  Lover. 
Yet  the  Bible  is  a  great  feast  into 
which  thousands  never  venture  for 
themselves. 

Too  many  people  want  their 
Bible  study  in  capsules,  sugared  to 
taste  and  made  to  slip  down  easily, 
requiring  no  chewing.  No  Christian 
can  be  what  God  wants  him  to  be  on 
capsule  food. 

The  Bible  is  the  most  inspiring 
and  fascinating  book  in  all  the  world 
if  you  go  at  it  with  the  help  of  the 
Holy  Spirit.  You  can  bring  it  down 
to  every  experience  of  life,  and  you 
ought  to  bring  your  experiences  up 
to  it.  The  Book  you  will  want  for 
your  pillow  when  you  are  dying,  as 
Joseph  Cook  has  said,  is  the  Book 
you  ought  to  study  while  you  are 
living. 

I  offer  here  some  general  rules 
for  Bible  study,  grouped  under  the 
letters  "s-e-a-r-c-h." 


SYSTEMATICALLY    —    2       Tim. 
2:15,     "Study    to    shew    thyself 
approved  unto  God,  a  workman 
that    needeth    not    to    be    ashamed; 
rightly  dividing  the  Word  of  Truth." 
A  mechanic  would  be  a  failure  if  not 
familiar  with  his  tools.     A  Christian, 
not  familiar  with  the  Word  of  God, 
is  a  wall-flower  in  the  church. 

Systematic  study  is  the  great 
need.  The  grasshopper  method  of 
Bible  study  (jumping  here  and 
there)  gets  nowhere.  Were  you 
studying  for  a  professional  career, 
you  would  not  open  your  book  today 
at  Chapter  6  and  read  a  bit;  to- 
morrow hastily  read  a  few  par- 
agraphs of  the  first  chapter  and  next 
read  the  index.  You  would  read 
systematically  and  seriously  to  get 
the  author's  thought.  Be  just  as 
intelligent  in  reading  the  Bible. 

EARNESTLY  —  Psa.  119:18, 
"Open  mine  eyes  that  I  may 
behold  wondrous  things  out  of 
thy  Law."  You  could  not  get  the 
most  from  an  art  gallery  without 
one  to  lead  and  explain.  Much  ofi 
interest  would  be  missed  by  travel- 
ing alone.  The  Bible  is  a  picture 
gallery  of  vast  extent.  To  enjoy  it 
and  find  its  richest  treasures  a 
guide  is  needed  to  enlighten  our  un- 
derstanding. 

Jno.  16:14  says,  "The  Holy  Spirit 
shall  glorify  me,  for  He  shall  take 
of  the  things  of  mine  and  show  it 
unto  you."  Let  the  Spirit  of  God 
reveal.  Take  the  things  hard  to 
understand  to  Him,  and  on  bended 
knee,  with  Bible  open  before  you, 
see  what  He  will  give  you.  If  the 


heart  is  honest  in  the  prayer,  and 
you  are  willing  to  walk  in  the  light 
as  He  reveals  it,  marvelous  things 
will  break  in  upon  your  soul. 


\  NXIOUSLY  —  Ps  a.  119:27, 
/A  "Make  me  to  understand  the 
way  of  thy  precepts,  so  SHALL 
I  '  TALK  OP  THY  WONDROUS 
WORKS."  If  you  are  a  Christian, 
you  are  going  to  meet  the  assaults 
of  the  devil's  agents  who  seek  to 
undermine  the  faith.  The  Word  of 
God  is  the  weapon  that  puts  the 
enemy  to  silence.  If  Jesus  used  it 
(Matt.  4)  and  defeated  Satan  in  His 
face  to  face  encounter,  how  much 
more  should  we  use  it  in  dealing 
with  his  agents. 

The  Bible  does  not  need  our  de- 
fense. It  needs  our  study.  It  will 
defend  itself.  It  is  its  own  com- 
mentary. Seek  the  answers  to  all 
difficulties  not  from  human  reason- 
ings, but  anxiously  from  God's 
Word.  It  is  not  what  men  think 
but  what  God's  Word  says  that 
counts. 

REGULARLY  —  Psa.  1:2,  3, 
"His  delight  is  in  the  law  of 
the  Lord  and  in  His  law  dotn 
he  meditate  day  and  night.  And  he 
shall  be  like  a  tree  planted  by  riv- 
ers of  water  that  bringeth  forth  his 
fruit  in  his  season.  His  leaf  also 
shall  not  wither  and  whatsoever  he 
doeth  shall  prosper."  The  man  who 
DAILY  meditates  on  the  Word 
bears  the  fruit  of  patience  in  the 
time  of  suffering;  faith  in  the  sea- 
son of  trial;  a  holy  joy  in  seasons  of 


prosperity — he     is     never     void     of 
fruit. 

What  he  does  prospers.  There  is 
a  blessing  concealed  in  every  cross, 
loss  or  sorrow  that  comes  his  way 
and  he  never  fails  to  find  it.  He 
is  an  evergreen  tree.  The  sign  of 
spiritual  life  is  always  with  him. 

You  don't  try  to  eat  enough  on 
Monday  morning  to  last  you  for  the 
week.  If  you  did,  you  would  be  in 
a  most  sickly  condition  at  the  end 
of  the  week.  Those  who  get  mixed 
up  in  the  prevalent  false  doctrines, 
are  those  who  get  sickly  from  ir- 
regular feeding  on  the  Word.  Be 
regular.  Put  it  first  on  your  pro- 
gram. Let  nothing  interfere. 


CAREFULLY  —  2  Tim.  3:16,  17, 
"All  Scripture  is  given  by  in- 
spiration of  God  and  is  profit- 
able for  doctrine,  for  reproof,  for 
correction,  for  instruction  in  right- 
eousness. That  the  man  of  God 
may  be  perfect,  thoroughly  fur- 
nished unto  all  good  works."  Then 
do  not  be  skimming  over  passages 
in  it  that  do  not  at  first  glance 
seem  to  yield  food  for  thought.  It 
is  not  a  question  of  how  many 
times  you  have  been  through  the 
Bible,  but  how  many  times  the 
Bible  has  been  through  you.  If  you 
are  looking  for  chestnuts,  and  the 
leaves  upon  the  ground  seem  to  con- 
ceal them,  you  will  take  a  stick  and 
poke  over  and  over  again  in  the 
same  spot.  You  are  surprised  that 
you  find  so  many  of  the  brown  nuts 
in  the  spots  where  you  had  at  first 
thought  there  were  none.  Likewise 


you  will  be  amazed  at  what  one  seem- 
ingly unimportant  verse  will  yield 
when  you  crack  it  open. 


HUMBLY — Jno.  7:17,  "If  any 
man  will  do  His  will  he  shall 
know  of  the  teaching."  Un- 
less we  study  the  Bible  wholly  pur- 
posed to  yield  our  lives  to  the  truth 
God  reveals,  His  revelations  will 
cease  and  the  Book  will  become  dry. 
It  does  not  do  to  evade  the  truth 
that  God  shows  us.  God  cannot 
give  His  treasures  to  disobedient 
hearts. 


IMPORTANCE  OP  THE  WORD 

1.  By  it  we  are  begotten 

1  Pet.  1:23 

2.  By  it  we  grow 1  Pet.  2:2 

3.  By  it  we  are  cleansed... .Jno.  15:3 

4.  By  it  we  are  built  up 

Acts    20 : 32 

5.  By  it  we  are  fed Jer.  15:16 

6.  By  it  we  are  sanctified 

Jno.    17:17 

7.  By  it  we  are  protected 

Psa.  119:11 

8.  By  it  we  are  led Psa.  25:5 

9.  By  it  we  are  satisfied 

Psa.  119:103 


SOME   METHODS   OF   BIBLE 

STUDY  FOB  BEGINNERS 


1.  Synthetic.        Bible      study      by      books. 
Take    each    book    of    the    Bible    and    read    it 
several     times     through     so    as     to    get    the 
scope    of    the    book.      Find    the    key    expres- 
sions,   key    verses,    key    chapter,    its    prac- 
tical   teaching,    its    presentation    of    Christ, 
its     dispensational     setting. 

2.  Parallel.       Bible     study     by     references. 
Using   a    good    reference    Bible,    look    up    the 
marginal       references.        Better       still,       get 
"Treasury    of   Scripture   Knowledge,"    a   book 
which    treats    every    verse    in    the    Bible    by 
parallel     references.       There     is     no     better 
commentary    on    the    Bible    than    the    Bible 
itself. 

3.  Topical.       Bible     study     by     topics.       A 
topical     text    book     will    be    of    help.      This 
groups     the     important     Scripture     passages 
topically.      "What    the    Bible    Teaches"    (Tor- 
rey)    is    a    larger    and    more    thorough    work 
of  this   nature.     For   instance,   take   the   sub- 
ject   of    "Justification"     and     carefully     read 
every    passage    containing    this    word. 

4.  Microscopic.      Bible    study    by    concord- 
ance.    A  Cruden's   Concordance  is   good,  but 
the    thorough    student    will    want    "Strong's 
Exhaustive        Concordance."         Take        great 
words    of    Scripture    and    look    up    their    use 
in     different     passages.     This     will     suggest 
Bible    outlines    pf    a    very    practical    nature. 
For    instance,    find    the    "fear    nots"    of    the 
Bible,    noting    the    different    things    we    are 
told    we    are    not    to    fear,    etc. 

5.  Explanation.     Bible    study    by    commen- 
tary.    Reading  a  chapter  in  your  Bible,  read 
the   comments   of   some   good  Bible   authority 
with    it.      Matthew    Henry's    Commentary    is 
practical    for    the    ordinary    student. 

6.  Chapter  Summary.     Bible  study   for  the 
purpose    of   analyzing   each    chapter.     Special 
note  books  have  been  prepared  for  this  kind 
of   work.     One   by    the    author   of   this   book- 
let,   is    called,    "Through    My    Bible,    Chapter 
by    Chapter."      Blank    space    is    provided    for 
the    student    to    note    the    principal    charac- 
ters,    important    events,    promises,    memory 
verses,   spiritual   lesson,   how   Christ   is   seen, 
etc.      This    is    a    very    helpful    method. 


FOUNDATION    WORK 

As  one  of  the  first  essentials  in 
Bible  study,  the  memorizing  of  the 
books  of  the  Bible  in  their  order, 
will  be  found  the  greatest  help.  I 
would  also  learn  the  number  of 
chapters  in  each  book,  especially  in 
the  New  Testament.  In  locating 
passages,  a  knowledge  of  these  will 
be  found  invaluable,  enabling  one 
to  turn  instantly  to  the  chapter  and 
verse  desired.  As  the  next  aid,  I 
would  suggest  learning  some  of  the 
key  chapters  of  the  Bible,  so  that 
when  ready  help  is  wanted  on  somes 
important  topic,  one  can  imme- 
diately turn  to  a  chapter  dealing 
specifically  with  that  subject.  Fol- 
lowing is  a  list  of  some  of  the  more 
important  of  these: 

Abiding     chapter „ John     IS 

Addition    chapter 2    Pet.    1 

Admonition    chapter Heb.    13 

Apostasy    chapter 2    Thess.    2 

Ascension    chapter Acts    1 

Assurance    chapter 1    John    5 

Atonement     chapter Heb. 

Backslider's     chapter _ Jer.     3 

Baptism    chapter Matt.    3 

Beatitude    chapter Matt.    5 

Beginning   chapters Gen.    1,   John    1 

Bottomless    chapter Eph.    3 

Bread     chapter John     6 

Business    Man's    chapter Prov.    8 

Character     chapter „ Job    29 

Chastening    chapter Heb.     12 

Christian's    chapter 1    Pet.    2 

Commandments     chapter Exo.     ; 

Consecration    chapter Rom.    12 

Convert' s     chapter „ Isa.     12 

Courage     chapter „ Josh.     1 

Crucifixion     chapter _ John     19 

Deacon    chapter Acts    5 

Death   to   Sin  chapter Rom.   6 

Duty    chapter , Ezek.    33 

Excuse    chapter _ _ Luke    14 

Faith    chapter Heb.    11 

Fear    Not    chapter _ Isa.    41 

Fisherman's    chapter Luke    5 


Fool's     chapter Prov.    26 

Gift    chapter 1    Cor.    12 

Harlot's    chapter Prov.    \ 

Heaven    chapter Rev.    21 

Holy    Spirit    chapter John    16 

Household    chapter Col.    3 

Hypocrite    chapter Matt.    23 

Intemperance    chapter Prov.    23 

Jew   and   Gentile   chapter _ Rom.    11 

Joyful     chapter Psa.     98 

tudgment    chapter Rom.     14 
ight     chapter John     8 

Lord's    Supper    chapter John    13 

Lost   and    Found   chapter Luke    15 

Love  chapters 1  Cor.  13;  1  Jno.  4 

Marriage    chapter Eph.    5 

Millennium     chapter Rev.     20 

Minister's     chapter „ Ezek.     34 

Moralist's    chapter Psa.    14 

Mother's     chapter Judges     13 

Nativity     chapter..™ Luke     2 

New    Birth    chapter John    3 

Peace   and   Promise   chapter John    14 

Pentecost    chapter Acts    2 

Poor    Man's    chapter Luke    14 

Prayer     chapter John     17 

Preacher's     chapter Isa.     61 

Repentance    chapter Luke    13 

Resurrection    chapter 1    Cor.    15 

Revival    chapter _ „ Joel    2 

Rewards    chapter 1    Cor.    3 

Rich    Man's     chapter Luke     16 

Ruin     chapter Rom.     1 

Saddest    chapter Luke    22 

Safety    chapter Psa.    91 

Saloon    Keeper's    chapter „ Psa.    10 

Salvation    chapter Rom.    10 

Scorner's    chapter Prov.    1 

Self-righteous     chapter Rom.     2 

Separation   chapter 2   Cor.   6 

Sermon   on   the   Mount Matt.    5,   6,   7 

Service    chapter    Luke    10 

Shepherd  chapters..Psa.  23;  Ezek.  34;  John  10 

Sight     chapter „ John     9 

Sinner's     chapter Luke    19 

Soldier    chapter Eph.    6 

Soul     Saving    Psalm „ Psa.     126 

Sower's    chapter   _ Luke   8 

Sufferer's    chapter    Is.    53 

Temptation    chapter Matt.    4 

The  Believer's   Hope  chapter 1  Thess.   4 

The    Disciple's    Prayer..- Matt.    6 

The    Great    Psalm _ Psa.    119 

The    Seven    Great    Parables Matt.    13 

The     Transfiguration Matt.     17 

Tithing    chapter _ , Mai.    3 

Today    chapter Heb.    3 

Tonic    Psalm Psa.     27 

Traveler's    chapter Psa.    2 

10 


Victory    chapter _ Rom.    8 

Virgin's    chapter Matt.    25 

Water    chapter _ John    4 

Widow's     chapter „ Isa.     54 

Wife's     chapter _ Prov.     31 

Wisdom     chapter „ Prov.     3 

Wise    Man's    chapter „ Prov.    15 

Woman's     Psalm _ Psa.     45 

Work    chapter _ James    2 


Number  of  Chapters 

The  student  will  find  it  very  helpful 
to  memorize  the  number  of  chapters 
in  each  book  of  the  Bible.  It  is  an 
aid,  not  only  in  locating  Scripture 
but  helps  to  visualize  the  books  in 
the  mind. 

Old   Testament 

Genesis „ 50 

Exodus    40 

Leviticus     _ 27 

Numbers     36 

Deuteronomy    34 

Joshua 24 

Judges     ~ 21 

Ruth    „ " 4 

I.  Samuel   _ 31 

II.  Samuel   24 

I.  Kings  22 

II.  Kings  „ 25 

I.  Chronicles    -. 29 

II.  Chronicles     .  „.  .    .  36 

Ezra _ 10 

Nehemiah   „ 13 

Esther        .  -  10 

Job    ...... ." 42 

Psalms    — 150 

Proverbs    - ~ 31 

Ecclesiastes  _ 12 

Song  of  Solomon  _ 8 

Isaiah _ _ „ 66 

Jeremiah   „ 52 

Lamentations   - 5 

Ezekiel ..„ 48 

Daniel  12 

Hosea         .       _..  .  — .  14 

Joel 3 

Amo  s    *. 9 

Obadiah  _.~~~__~~_~~~_~. 1 

11 


Jonah  _ ......             .  4 

Micah    '.'.""..." L."".ZZ"Z."Z  7 

Nahum 3 

Habakkuk 3 

Zephaniah  3 

Haggai  _ „ 2 

Zechariah    14 

Malachi  „ ...._ __ 4 

New    Testament 

Matthew 28 

Mark    16 

Luke __ 24 

John   21 

The    Acts 28 

Romans    16 

I.  Corinthians  16 

II.  Corinthians   - .......  13 

Galatians  _ 6 

Ephesians   - 6 

Philippians     - 4 

Colossians  4 

I.  Thessalonians    5 

II.  Thessalonians  3 

I.  Timothy  „ ^ 6 

II.  Timothy 4 

Titus  „ „ 3 

Philemon     „ 1 

Hebrew s 13 

iTames    „ „ 5 
Peter   _ _-.„    5 

II    Peter  -       3 

I.  John  .  ...  .5 

II.  John  .  1 

III.  John         1 

Jude    - 1 

Revelation    .  22 


WHY  WAS  THE  BIBLE  WRITTEN? 

1.  Because    the    truth    must    be 

published  Rev.  21:5 

2.  That  we  might  believe. Jno.  20:31 

3.  For  our  learning Rom.  15:4 

4.  For  our  admonition..!  Cor.  10:11 

5.  For  our  assurance....!  Jno.  5:13 

6.  To  make  us  thoughtful 

2   Pet.   3:1-2 

7.  To  make  our  joy  full 

1  Jno.  1:4 

12 


KEY  NOTES  OF  BOOKS 

A  knowledge  of  the  key  notes  of 
all  the  books  of  the  Bible  will  also 
prove  most  helpful. 

Old  Testament 

Gen Beginnings 

Exod Covenant 

Lev Atonement 

Numb -.Discipline 

Deut Obedience 

osh Possessions 

udges _ - Failure 

uth Kinsman 

1  and  2  Sam Kingdom 

1  and  2  Kings Royalty 

1  and  2  Chron .Temple 

Ezra - Restoration 

Neh... Political 

Esther -..Providence 

Job - Testing 

Psalms Praise 

Prov —Wisdom 

Eccl Vanity 

Song    of    Sol Love 

Isa Salvation 

Jer -Warning 

Lam Chastening 

Ezek Visions 

Dan _ Kingdom 

Hos Return 

Joel- Judgment 

Amos Punishment 

Obad Edom 

Jonah -..Repentance 

Micah - Controversy 

Nahum -Nineveh 

Habak -.Faith 

Zeph „ Remnant 

Hag Build 

Zech ~ _ —God's    ways 

Mai - Robbery 

New  Testament 

Matt -.Savior    of    the    world 

Mark -..Servant   of   man 

Luke Son    of    man 

John Son    of    God 

Acts Witness 

Romans Justification 

1  Cor - —God's    Power 

2  Cor Our    sufficiency 

Gal Liberty 

Eph -In   Christ 

Phil Gain 

13 


Col Fullne  s  s 

1  and  2  Thess Comfort 

1  Tim Church    order 

2  Tim Doctrine 

Titus .....Ministry 

Phile Brotherhood 

Heb New   Covenant 

James Works 

1  Pet _ Christian's    Hope 

2  Pet Last     Days 

1  John _ ...Assurance 

2  John _ Truth 

3  John „ Fellow   Helper 

Jude Kept 

Rev Overcome 


KEY  VERSES 

Old  Testament 

Gen „ 1:1 

Exo _ _ _ 12:23 

Lev ......~"..~..~."  16:34 

Num _ „.. 33:1 

Deut.    .  ..  10:12,    13 

Josh 1:3 

Judges    21:25 

Ruth  _ 4 : 14 

I.  Sam.    /..... 10 :2S 

II.  Sam _ * „ I.  Sam.  10:25 

I.  Kings  2 :12 

II.  Kings  „ 10:10 

I.  Chron.  H.  Chron.  15:2 

II.  Chron „       15:2 

Ezra    . _ _     ..  1:5 

Neh ™.2:5 

Esther  4 :14 

Job  1:9 

Psalms    "  29:2 

Prov.  9:10 

Eccl .~ 2:11 

Song  Sol.  6:3 

Is " „ 53:5 

Jer.   ..  7:28;  46:1 

Lam  2:11 

Ezek.  „     1:1 

Dan.  2:22 

Hosea     "  ......       -.14:9 

Joel   „ _ 2:13 

Amos    ...~ . _ 4:12 

Obad „.. 21 

Jonah  _ 3:2 

Micah    _ _ 1 :8,    9 

Nah.  1:8,    9 

Hab _ .2:4 

Zeph 1:4;  3:13 

14 


Hag „ „ _ _     1:8 

Zech „ „.. „_ 8:2 

Mai ~ 3:8 

New    Testament 
Matt.  27:37 

Mark          10:45 

Luke  -.. _ _..19:10 

John    ....„ .20:31 

Acts  1:8 

Rom.  _   1:17 

I.  Cor. 1 :2 

II.  Cor.  „  ..      . 7:6;   12:9 

Gal.  3 :2 

Eph 1:3 

Phil  3:7,   14;   4:4 

Col.  2:10 

I.   Thess.  ..... -1:10 

II  Thess.  3:5 

I.  Tim.   _ „ 3 :9 

II.  Tim ~- 1 :13 

Titus    ............................."I 3 :8,   9 

phile  - - 17 

Heb.  '.._". „ ." 11:40 

James    .  - - — 2:26 

I.  pet 2 :7 

II.  Pet.  „.. J.  Pet.  2:7 

I.  John 5 :13 

II.  John  3 

III  John  -3 

jude  .4,    13 

Rev.  ll  :1 


WRITERS    AND    DATES 
Old    Testament 

Gen ....Moses  (About  1500  B.  C.) 

Exo Moses   (About  1500  B.  C.) 

Lev...  -.Moses   (About  1500  B.  C.) 

Num Moses  (About  1500  B.  C.) 

Deut Moses   (About  1500  B.  C.) 

Josh Joshua    (About    1425   B.    C.) 

Judges Samuel    (About   1410   B.    C.) 

Ruth Unknown  (About  1300  B.  C. 

I.  Samuel Uncertain,    Samuel,    Nathan    or 

Gad  (About  1155  B.  C.) 

II.  Samuel Uncertain  (About  1155  B.  C.) 

I.  Kings Uncertain  (About  560  B.  C.) 

II.  Kings ....Uncertain     (Ezra)     (About     560 

B.    C.) 

I.  Chron Uncertain    (Ezra)     (About    1000 

B.    C.) 

II.  Chron...    .  .Uncertain     (Ezra)     (About     530 

B.    C.) 

Ezra Ezra   (About  536  B.   C.) 

Neh.  _,Nehemiah     (About    445     to    448 

B.    C.) 

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Esther .Uncertain     (Mordecai)     (464-434 

B.   C.) 

Job Uncertain      (Moses,      Elihu     or 

Job)     (During    times    of    Abra- 
ham.    Oldest   Book   in   Bible) 

Psalms David,    Moses,    Asaph,    Ethan, 

Sons  of  Korah  (1500-1000  B.   C.) 

Prov .Solomon    (990   to  995   B.    C.) 

Eccl Solomon    (980   to   985   B.    C.) 

Song  Sol Solomon    (980-985   B.    C.) 

Is Isaiah   (766  to  679  B.   C.) 

Jer Jeremiah     (About     580     to     600 

B.    C.) 

Lam Jeremiah  (About  588  B.   C.) 

Ezek Ezekiel   (About  570-590  B.   C.) 

Dan Daniel    (About  534  B.   C.) 

Hosea Hosea    (790-725   B.    C.) 

Joel Joel    (Either    860-850    B.    C.    or 

400-380    B.    C.) 

Amos Amos    (870-783   B.    C.) 

Obad Obadiah    (900-880    B.    C.) 

Jonah Jonah    (825-790    B.    C.) 

Micah Micah    (758-710   B.   C.) 

Nahum Nahum   (About  660  B.  C.) 

Hab Habakkuk   (608-590  B.   C.) 

Zeph Zephaniah    (639-609   B.   C.) 

Hag Haggai   (About  520  B.   C.) 

Zech Zechariah    (520  B.    C.) 

Mai Malachi   (440-410  B.   C.) 

New   Testament 

Matt Matthew    (A.    D.    37) 

Mark Mark    (called  John)    (A.    D.    57- 

63) 

Luke Luke    (A.    D.    63-68) 

John John    (the   Apostle)    (A.    D.    85- 

90) 

Acts Luke    (A.   D.   65) 

Rom Paul   (About  A.  D.  60) 

I.  Cor Paul    (A.   D.   59) 

II.  Cor Paul    (A.    D.   60) 

Gal.  Paul    (A.    D.   60) 

Eph Paul    (A.   D.   64) 

Phil Paul    (About   A.    D.    64) 

Col Paul    (About   A.    D.    64) 

I.  Thess Paul    (A.   D.   54) 

II.  Thess Paul    (A.   D.   54) 

I.  Tim Paul  (About  A.  D.  63) 

H.  Tim Paul  (About  A.  D.  64) 

Titus Paul  (About  A.  D.  63) 

Phile Paul    (A.   D.   64) 

Heb Probably     Paul     (About    A.    D. 

65) 
Tames James  (A.  D.  60) 

I.  Pet Peter   (A.   D.  60) 

II.  Pet Peter  (A.   D.  66) 

I.  John Apostle  John   (A.   D.  90) 

II.  John John    (A.   D.   90) 

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HI.  John John    (A.   D.   90) 

Jude Jude   (A.   D.   66) 

Rev Apostle  John   (A.   D.   96) 


CHRIST  AS   SEEN  IN  THE  BOOKS 
OF  THE  BIBLE 

Gen.— The   Seed  of  Abraham. 

Exo. — The  Lamb  of  God. 

Lev.— The  High  Priest. 

Num.— The   Star  of  Jacob. 

Deut.— The    Prophet    Like    Moses. 

Josh. — Captain  of  the   Lord's   Hosts. 

Judge. — The   Messenger  of  Jehovah. 

Ruth — Our   Kinsman. 

Kings — King   of   Kings. 

Chron.— As   God's  True  King. 

Ezra — Lord    of    Heaven    and    Earth. 

Neh.— Lord    of    Heaven    and    Earth. 

Esther— Our  Mordecai. 

Job. — Risen    Redeemer. 

Psa. — Son  of  God. 

Prov. — Wisdom. 

Ecc.— As    Above    the    Sun. 

Song   of   Sol.— One    Altogether   Lovely. 

Isa. — Suffering    and    Glorified    Prophet. 

Jer. — The    Lord    of    Righteousness. 

Lam. — The   Man   of  Sorrows. 

Ezek.— High    Priest    of    God. 

Dan.— Christ    the    King. 

Hos. — Risen    Son    of    God. 

Joel — The    Outpourer    of    the    Spirit. 

Amos — Thy    God,   O  Israel. 

Obad.— The    Lord    is    in    His    Kingdom. 

Jonah— The    Risen    Prophet. 

Micah— The    Bethlehemite. 

Nah. — The    Bringer    of    Good   Tidings. 

Hab.— The  Lord  in   His   Holy   Temple. 

Zeph.— The    Lord   in   Israel's    Midst. 

Hag.— The  Desire  of  All  Nations. 

Zech. — Prophet,  Priest  and  King. 

Mai. — Sun    of    Righteousness. 

Matt.— King  of  the  Jews. 

Mark — Servant    of    the    Lord. 

Luke— The  Perfect  Son  of  God. 

John — Risen   Son   of   God. 

Acts— Ascended   Lord   and    Christ. 

Rom. — Lord    our    Righteousness. 

1  Cor.— First  Fruits  of  the  Dead. 

Gal. — Christ  our  Freedom. 

Eph.— Head  of  the  Church. 

Phil. — Ascended    Lord    Jesus    Christ. 

Col. — Fulness  of  the  Godhead. 

Thess.— As  Coming  Lord. 

Tim.— As    the    Only    Potentate. 

Titus — As  God  Our  Saviour. 

Phile.— As    Payer    of    Sin    Debt. 

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Heb.— Great    High    Priest    Passed    into    the 
Heavens. 
Jas.— The  Lord  Drawing  Nigh. 

1  Pet.— The  Suffering  Lamb. 

2  Pet.— The    Lord   of   Glory. 

John's    Epistles — Coming    Son    of    God. 
Jude— The  Coming  Judge. 
RCT.— The    Throne    Sitter. 


OUTWARD  DIVISIONS 

Classification  of  Scripture  for  con- 
venience in  study  has  been  the  rule 
from  earliest  times.  Luke  24:44 
classifies  the  Old  Testament  as 
"Law,  Prophets  and  Psalms."  Fol- 
lowing are  the  structural  divisions 
of  the  Bible: 

Old  Testament 

PENTATEUCH    (Books    of   Law) 

Genesis,       Exodus,       Leviticus,       Numbers, 

Deuteronomy. 
HISTORICAL 


Joshua,    Judges,    Ruth,    1    and    2    Samuel,    1 

Kings 
Nehemiah,  Esther. 


and    2    Kings,    1    and    2    Chronicles,    Ezra, 


POETICAL 
Job,    Psalms,    Proverbs,    Ecclesiastes,    Song 
of    Solomon,    Lamentations. 

PROPHETICAL 

Isaiah,  Jeremiah,  Ezekiel,  Daniel,  Hosea, 
Joel,  Amos,  Obadiah,  Jonah,  Micah, 
Nahum,  Habakkuk,  Zephaniah,  Haggai, 
Zechariah,  Malachi. 

New  Testament 

HISTORICAL 

Matthew,    Mark,    Luke,    John,    Acts. 
DOCTRINAL 

Galatians,    Romans,    Hebrews. 
CHURCH  ORDER 

1    and  2   Corinthians,   1   Timothy,   Titus. 
CHURCH  TRUTH 


Ephesians,    Colossians. 
CHRISTIAN  LIFE 


Philippians,      1      Thessalonians,      Philemon, 

James,  1  Peter,  1  John. 
COURSE   OF   THE  AGE 

2    Thessalonians,    2    Timothy,    2    Peter,    2 

and  3  John,  Jude. 
PROPHETICAL 

Revelation. 

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CONCLUSIONS   OF    THE   BOOKS 

The  student  will  find  it  helpful  to 
note  at  the  beginning  of  each  book 
of  the  Bible,  a  statement  that 
briefly  sums  up  the  spiritual  teach- 
ings of  the  book.  These  conclusions 
are  as  follows: 

Genesis— The  failure  of  man  under  every 
condition  is  met  by  the  salvation  of  God. 

Exodus — Redemption  is  by  the  blood  and 
that  alone. 

Leviticus — Access  of  the  redeemed  to  God 
is  only  through  the  blood.  Holiness  of  the 
redeemed  is  imperative. 

Numbers — The  redeemed  are  saved  ^  to 
serve  and  must  be  on  their  guard  against 
unbelief. 

Deuteronomy — Obedience  to  God  is  impera- 
tive. 

Joshua — The  faithfulness  of  Jehovah  to 
His  own  has  been  fully  demonstrated. 

Judges — Man  is  prone  to  wander  from 
God.  God's  grace  ever  pursues  and  seeks 
to  restore  the  backslider. 

Ruth— True  rest  comes  only  through  re- 
demption and  union. 

I.  Samuel — Prayer     should     have     a     great 
place    in    our    lives    that    the    power    of    God 
may    work    for    and    through    us. 

II.  Samuel — Be   sure  your  sin  will  find  you 
out. 

I.  Kings — Jehovah  is  the  sovereign  ruler  of 
Israel,   blessing   the   obedient,    punishing   the 
disobedient,    and    forgiving    the    penitent. 

II.  Kings— God's  Word  is  certain  of  fulfil- 
ment  to    saint   and   sinner. 

I.  Chronicles— Jehovah     is     the     sovereign 
Lord,    blessing    the    obedient    and    punishing 
the    disobedient. 

II.  Chronicles— Seeking     and     serving     the 
Lord  is   the   secret  of  a   vital  religion  and  a 
life    of    victory. 

Ezra— God's  Word  should  have  a  place 
and  power  in  the  religious,  social  and  civil 
life  of  His  people. 

Nehemiah— Prayer,  pains  and  perseverance 
are  the  conditions  of  successful  work  for 
God. 

Esther — The  great  God  takes  a  real  in- 
terest in  all  our  affairs  and  shapes  His 
providences  to  work  out  His  glory  through 
them. 

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Job— Trial  is  the  school  of  trust— not  al- 
ways given  as  chastisement,  but  sometimes 
for  our  education. 

Psalms — Worship  the  Lord  in  the  beauty 
of  holiness  and  give  to  Him  the  glory  due 
His  name. 

Proverbs— The  most  intensely  practical 
thing  in  the  world  is  godliness. 

Ecclesiastes — Apart  from  God,  life  is  full 
of  weariness  and  disappointment. 

Song  of  Solomon — Christ  covets  the  full 
communion  of  His  people  and  blessedness 
comes  to  all  who  walk  in  His  fellowship. 

Isaiah— Salvation  is  by  the  grace  of  God 
and  through  the  vicarious  suffering  of 
Christ. 

Jeremiah — Judgment  is  the  certain  result 
of  sin.  God  is  long  suffering,  not  willing 
that  any  should  perish. 

Lamentations— Sin  brings  misery.  The 
compassion  of  Jehovah  for  the  subjects  of 
His  wrath,  is  marvelous. 

Ezekiel — God  is  marvelously  good  to  those 
who  show  a  desire  to  walk  with  Him,  and 
terribly  severe  upon  those  who  persistently 
rebel  against  Him. 

Daniel — God  is  universal  sovereign  of  all 
•—and  is  yet  to  be  acknowledged  as  such  by 
all  men. 

Hosea — God  longs  for  the  return  of  back- 
sliders, pleads  with  them  and  makes  every 
inducement  for  their  repentance. 

Joel — Repentance,  a  heart  broken  for  sin 
and  from  sin,  is  necessary,  if  the  judgments 
of  God  are  to  be  averted. 

Amos — National  sin  inevitably  spells  na- 
tional judgment. 

Obadiah — We  should  take  solemn  warning 
against  the  perils  of  pride  and  anti- 
Semitism. 

Jonah— God  is  the  God  of  the  Gentiles  as 
well  as  of  the  Jew. 

Micah — God  abhors  injustice  and  ritual- 
ism. He  takes  delight  in  pardoning  peni- 
tent sinners. 

Nahum — An  awful  doom  awaits  the  apos- 
tate. 

Habakkuk — God  is  perfectly  consistent 
with  Himself,  even  though  evil  is  long  per- 
mitted. 

Zephaniah — Our    God   is    a   jealous    God. 

Haggai— God  demands  first  place  in  life 
and  service. 

Zechariah — The  infinite  care  and  love  of 
God  is  over  His  people  through  the  cen- 
turies. 

Malacbi — Remember  Jehovah,  repent  to- 
ward Him,  return  to  Him  and  render  to 
Him  that  which  is  His  due. 

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Matthew— Jesus,  the  Messiah-King,  was 
rejected  and  killed  but  His  wounding  was 
for  our  transgression,  and  He  was  bruised 
for  our  iniquities.  He  is  coming  again  to 
rule  and  judge. 

Mark— Jesus  is  the  Mighty  Worker,  who 
came,  not  to  be  ministered  unto,  but  to 
minister. 

Luke — Jesus  is  the  Ideal  Man,  the  human- 
divine  One,  who  came  to  seek  and  to  save 
that  which  was  lost. 

John— Jesus  is  the  eternal  Son  of  God, 
who  came  into  the  world  to  reveal  God  in 
terms  of  human  life. 

Acts— The  work  that  Jesus  "began"  to  do 
was,  and  is,  continued  by  Him  through 
the  Holy  Spirit. 

Romans— Justification  is  by  faith  without 
works,  and  is  the  righteousness  of  Christ 
imputed  to  the  believer,  wherein  he  is  made 
eternally  safe. 

I.  Corinthians— Jesus      Christ      our      risen 
Lord  is   Head  of   the   Body   working   through 
His    people    by    the    Holy    Spirit. 

II.  Corinthians— The     Christian     is     God's 
ambassador,    with    a    spiritual    and    glorious 
ministry,     finding    in    Christ    consolation    in 
all    his    sufferings    and    sufficiency    for    every 
testing. 

Galatians— Christ  is  the  Deliverer  from 
the  law  and  mere  externalism  and  leads 
into  glorious  liberty. 

Ephesians— The  Church  is  the  Body  of 
Christ.  Each  believer  has  an  exalted  posi- 
tion through  grace  and  is  to  have  a  walk 
in  accordance  with  that  position. 

Philippians— Christ  is  the  believer's  life, 
pattern,  object,  and  strength. 

Colossians — The  Godhead  was  incarnate  in 
Jesus  Christ,  in  whom  the  believer  is  com- 
plete. 

I.  Thessalonians — The    coming   of    the    Lord 
Jesus    is    imminent.      The    hope    of    His    re- 
turn  is    the    great    hope   and    inspiration   and 
comfort    of    the    true    Christian. 

II.  Thessalonians— The      Christian      is      to 
wait,    watch    and    work    for    the    coming    of 
the    Lord   Jesus,    when    He    will    be    glorified 
in  His   saints   and   His   saints   shall   be   eter- 
nally   satisfied    in    Him. 

I.  Timothy— God   would   have    the   minister 
and    the    Christian    know    "how    they    should 
behave    in    the   house    of   God"    and   how    "to 
hold    the    mystery    of    the    faith    in    a    pure 
conscience." 

II.  Timothy — The    Christian   must    be    loyal 
to    Christ    and    to    the    truth,    enduring   as    a 
good   soldier   against   all   persecution,   and   in 
the   midst   of   growing   apostasies. 

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Titus— Christ's  ministers  should  follow  the 
divine  order  as  revealed  in  the  Epistles, 
for  the  conduct  of  the  Church. 

Philemon— Wise  and  good  ministers  of 
Jesus  Christ  will  have  great  and  tender 
care  of  young  converts  to  encourage  and 
hearten  them,  and  get  them  received  into 
the  fellowship  of  the  saints.  There  is  a 
spiritual  brotherhood  between  all  true  be- 
lievers, however  distinguished  as  to  their 
station  of  life,  and  we  should  therefore  seek 
to  strengthen  and  help  those  who  have  been 
newly  united  to  the  Christian  family. 

Hebrews — The  cure  for  faint-heartedness 
toward  the  Gospel  is  a  right  conception 
of  the  glory  and  work  of  our  Great  Hign 
Priest  who  has  passed  into  the  heavens. 

James— The  evidence  of  faith  is  good 
works. 

I.  Peter — Those     who     are     walking     with 
Christ    will    be    enabled    to    suffer    patiently, 
joyously   and  to  the   glory   of  God. 

II.  Peter— The   believer    must   be   pure   and 
loyal    in    the    days    of    corruption    and    apos- 
tasy,   and    hastening    the    coming    of    Christ 
by    every    means. 

I.  John— Salvation   through  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ  brings   a  life   of   fellowship   with   God, 
joyfulness,    victory,    safety    and    certainty. 

II.  John — The   test   of   our   love   to   God   is 
universal    obedience    to    Him,    and    we    have 
need    to    maintain    this    love,    for    there    are 
many    destroyers    of    it    in    the    world — those 
who    subvert    the    faith,    denying    the    person 
or    the    work    of    Jesus     Christ.      Let     such 
men     not     be     entertained     as     ministers     of 
Christ,   nor   given   support   in  any   way. 

III.  John — Ministers      of      Christ      should 
abound    in,    and    joy    in    hospitality    toward 
fellow    helpers    in    the    Lord,    and    should   be- 
ware   of    the    peril    of   a    domineering    leader- 
ship   which    stands    in    the    way    of    blessing 
to   the   people    of    God. 

Jude — Believers  must  be  on  their  guard 
lest  they  be  robbed  of  any  essential  ar- 
ticle of  Christian  faith  by  the  cunning 
craftiness  or  plausible  pretenses  of  ungodly 
men  who  pose  as  teachers  and  lie  in  wait 
to  deceive.  Our  duty  in  the  presence  of 
the  apostasy  is  to  earnestly  contend  for 
the  faith?  trusting  to  be  kept  from  stumbling 
by  walking  in  the  perpetual  consciousness 
of  God's  love  through  Christ,  looking  to- 
ward the  day  when  we  shall  be  presented 
before  Him  with  exceeding  joy. 

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Revelation— The  Lord  Jesus  Christ  is  the 
gloriously  exalted  One,  the  Alpha  and 
Omega.  He  is  the  High  Priest  of  His  peo- 
ple; the  Bridegroom  of  the  Church;  the 
King-Judge  of  all  mankind. 


IMPORTANT    FACTS   ABOUT    THE 
BIBLE 

Three  Oldest  Bibles.  1.  The  Alexandrian 
(called  Codex  Aleph).  Kept  at  St.  Peters- 
burg; owned  by  the  Greek  church.  In 
book  form,  four  volumes.  Copied  in  fifth 
century.  Presented  to  King  Charles  I.  in 
1628.  In  good  state  of  preservation.  2. 
The  Vatican  (called  Codex  B).  Kept  at 
Rome  by  the  Roman  Church.  Book  form, 
700  leaves.  Copied  in  beginning  of  fourth 
century.  3.  Sinaitic  (called  Codex  A).  Kept 
in  British  Museum,  owned  by  Protestant 
Church.  Book  form.  Nearly  as  old  as  the 
Vatican. 

Old  Testament.  The  oldest  translation  we 
have  is  called  Septuagint.  Written  in 
Greek,  copied  from  Hebrew,  about  280  B.C. 
Translated  by  70  translators  for  King 
Ptolemy  for  the  library  at  Alexandria,  in 
third  century  B.C.  Our  present  O.  T.  came 
through  this  channel.  The  ancient  origin 
of  the  O.  T.  is  well  corroborated  by  the 
discoveries  of  archaeologists.  The  N.  T. 
shows  that  the  O.  T.  as  we  have  it  was  in 
the  hands  of  Christ  and  the  disciples.  (Jno. 
5:39;  Acts  17:11;  Lk.  24:44,  45,  etc.)  Christ 
is  recorded  as  having  quoted  from  22  of  the 
39  O.  T.  books.  Over  1500  O.  T.  passages 
are  quoted  in  the  N.  T.  Christ  set  His  seal 
of  authority  to  every  O.  T.  book  which  has 
since  been  attacked  by  critics. 

New  Testament.  The  ancient  origin  of 
the  N.  T.  can  now  be  easily  established 
from  the  writings  of  many  who  lived  in  the 
first  and  second  centuries.  We  find  in  the 
works  of  Origen,  two-thirds  of  the  N.  T. 
Tertullian  makes  2500  references  to  it. 
Irenaeus  makes  1200  references,  400  of  which 
are  to  the  Gospels.  Clement  of  Alexandria 
makes  300  references.  Clement  of  Rome,  a 
disciple  of  the  disciples  (died  95  A.D.),  wrote 
a  letter  to  the  church  at  Corinth  which  is 
still  preserved,  quoting  copiously  from  the 
N.  T.  Polycarp,  disciple  of  John,  wrote  a 
letter  to  the  church  at  Philippi,  still  pre- 
served, making  many  quotations.  Papias 
wrote  a  work,  "The  Sayings  of  Jesus." 

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Papias  was  a  friend  of  Polycafp.  The  N. 
T.  has  therefore  been  possessed  since  the 
first  Christian  era. 

Books  in  the  N.  T.  Two  of  the  earliest 
translations  of  the  N.  T.  show  us  what  books 
comprised  the  N.  T.  from  the  beginning.  1. 
The  Peshito,  or  Syriac  Version,  completed 
before  150  A.D.— contained  the  four  Gospels, 
14  Epistles  of  Paul,  1  John,  1  Peter,  James. 
Five  books  missing  but  no  book  not  found 
in  our  present  N.  T.  is  included  in  it.  2. 
The  Latin  Version,  made  in  second  century. 
Contains  the  Gospels,  Acts,  13  Epistles  of 
Paul,  3  of  John,  1  Peter,  Jude,  Revelation. 
Three  missing,  but  no  book  not  found  in 
our  present  N.  T.  is  included.  These  two 
versions  together  include  all  in  our  N.  T. 
except  2  Peter,  and  NO  OTHERS. 

First  Book  Printed  was  the  Bible,  between 
1450  and  1455  A.D.  at  Mentz,  Germany,  by 
Gutenberg,  the  reputed  inventor  of  printing. 

First  whole  Bible  in  English  printed  by 
Miles  Coverdale,  1535. 

First  Complete  Translation  of  whole 
Bible  into  English  by  John  Wycliff,  1380. 

First  N.  T.  in  English  printed  by  Wm. 
Tyndale,  1525. 

Chapter  divisions  in  O.  T.  made  by  Cardi- 
nal Hugo,  middle  13th  century. 

Verse  Divisions  of  O.  T.  made  by  Rabbi 
Nathan,  adopted  by  Robert  Stephens,  French 
printer,  in  his  edition  of  Vulgate  Bible,  1555. 
They  were  transferred  to  the  Authorized 
Version  in  1611. 

Apocrypha,  are  books  contained  in  some 
editions  of  the  O.  T.  They  were  not  orig- 
inally written  in  Hebrew.  They  were  not 
counted  as  inspired  by  the  Jews  and  were 
excluded  from  the  canon  at  the  Reformation. 
They  contain  no  statements  claiming  divine 
inspiration. 


PRAYER  AND  BIBLE  STUDY 

1.  Pray   that   you   may    see   its    treasures.... 

Psa.     119:18 

2.  Pray  that  it  may  furnish  you  topics  for 

conversation  Psa.    119:27 

3.  Pray    that    it   may    guide    your    life 

Psa.   119:33 

4.  Pray   that  it  may  become  the  ground  of 

wholehearted  service  Psa.  119:34 

5.  Pray    that    it    may    kindle    adoration 

Psa.   119:38 

6.  *  Pray   that  it  may   give  you  a  true  edu- 

cation   Psa.  119 : 125 

f.    Pray    that    it    may    inspire    you    to    true 
prayer Psa.  119 :169 

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DISPENSATIONAL.   DIVISIONS 

A  careful  study  of  the  Bible  will 
show  seven  great  judgments  mapped 
out  for  human  history,  some  of 
which  have  already  fallen,  others 
being  yet  future.  Seven  times  man 
has  or  will  start  a  new  period  un- 
der favorable  conditions,  according 
to  the  mercy  of  God,  but  each  time, 
he  is  seen  to  strive  to  become  inde- 
pendent of  God's  truth,  and  judg- 
ment from  God's  hand  is  necessary. 
The  trial  of  the  Serpent  runs  over 
every  Garden  of  Eden  man  has 
made.  Each  dispensation  is  a  new 
test  of  the  natural  man,  and  each 
one  proves  him  a  failure  apart  from 
dependence  on  God.  Five  of  these 
unequal  periods  are  past;  the  sixth 
is  now  in  progress;  the  seventh  and 
last  is  just  before  us. 

The  Seven  Periods  of  Time 

1.  Age    of    Innocence — From    Adam     (Gen. 
2:7)     to    expulsion    from    Eden    as    result    of 
the    fall.      The    judgment    that    fell    as    a    re- 
sult    of    Adam's     disregard     of     the     respon- 
sibility  placed   upon   him,   is    seen   in  .  Gen.   2 
and   3. 

2.  Age   of   Conscience— (1656   years).     From 
the  expulsion  to  the   flood.     Having  received 
knowledge   of   good   and   evil,    the   race   came 
under   this   measure   of   responsibility    to   "do 
good  and  eschew   evil."     Yet   eventually   "all 
flesh  corrupted  His  way"  and  God  closed  the 
period    with    the    flood.      (Gen.    3:7    to    7:11, 
12,   23,   etc.) 

3.  Age    of    Authority— (427    years).      Flood 
to  confusion  of  tongues  and  dispersion.    The 
race    again    started    with    eight    persons,    en- 
trusted by  God  with  the  government.    Again 
we    see    the    attempt    to   become    independent 
of  God  on  the  Plains  of  Shinar.  and  the  vis- 
iting of  the  judgment.     (Gen.  9:1,  2;   11:1-8.) 

4.  Age  of  Promise — (430  years).     From  dis- 
persion   to    Egyptian   bondage.     God    entered 
into  covenant  with  one  man,  Abram,   giving 

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promises  conditional  upon  obedience.  These 
were  all  eventually  violated  and  the  chosen 
people  are  turned  over  to  bondage  to  the 
cruel  Egyptians.  (Gen.  12:1-3  through  Exod. 
1:13-14.) 

5.  Age  of  Law — (1524  years).     From  Israel's 
regathering    to    the    tragedy    of    the    Cross. 
The    chosen    people    were    redeemed    out    of 
the    hand    of    the    oppressor    and    the    Law 
was    given    to    Moses    for    them.     Their    his- 
tory  from   this   point   shows    their   persistent 
violation  of   these   commands   and  eventually 
they    are    driven    into    the    dispersion    which 
still    continues.      (Exod.    19;    2    Kings    17:1-18 
and   25:1-11;    Rom.    10:5;    Gal.   3:10.) 

6.  Age  of  Grace— (19—  years).     From   sac- 
rificial    death    of     the     Lord    Jesus     to     the 
translation    of    the    church.      Faith    in    Christ 
is    the    condition    of    salvation    to    all.      (John 
6:29.)     The  predicted  close  of  this   age  is   an 
unbelieving     world,     and     church     members, 
who,  while  they   may  live  morally,  deny   the 
Word    of    God;    in    fact,    a    general    apostasy. 
We   see   the   close  in   1  Thess.   4:16-17.     Then 
follows   the  Great  Tribulation   (seven  years — 
Matt.    24:21-22;    Dan.    12:1;    Jer.    30:5-7).      At 
its    close    the    Lord    with    His    church    comes 
in    power    and    great    glory    to    set    up    Hii 
kingdom    on    earth. 

7.  Millennial      Age— (1000      years).        From 
Christ's     return    in     glory     to    Judgment    of 
the  Great  White  Throne.     This  is   the  thou- 
sand   year     period    predicted     during    which 
Christ   will   rule   over    restored   Israel,   which 
has  become  the   central  nation  of  the   earth. 
Satan    is    bound    during    this    time,    but    at 
its    close    is     "loosed    for    a    little    season," 
gathering    many     to    battle     against    Christ, 
but  being  defeated  by   the   "fire  which  came 
down    from    Heaven."      After    the    resurrec- 
tion   of    the    wicked    dead    for   judgment,    we 
are     to     have     the     eternal     state,     the     new 
heavens    and    new    earth. 


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THE   BIBLE 

How  We  Know  the  Bible  is  a  Divine 

Record: 

For  two  reasons  the  Christian 
should  be  familiar  with  some  of  the 
best  arguments  in  support  of  the  fact 
that  the  Bible  is  a  divine  record.  1. 
The  firm  establishment  of  his  own 
faith.  2.  For  the  purpose  of  refuting 
the  arguments  of  skeptics. 

By  "inspiration  of  the  Scriptures" 
is  not  meant  that  every  act  recorded 
in  the  Bible  is  an  inspired  act,  but 
that  the  record  in  the  original,  is  a 
correct  record  from  start  to  finish, 
for  the  reason  that  the  writers  were 
"borne  along  by  the  Holy  Ghost." 

OUTLINE 

The  Bible: 

1.  Has  a  makeup  which  is  MYS- 
TERIOUS. 

2.  Has  a  unity  that  is  MARVEL- 
OUS. 

3.  Has  a  depth  that  is  MATCH- 
LESS. 

5.  Has      an     influence     that     ia 
MIGHTY. 

6.  Has  a  fulfillment  that  is  MAN- 
IFEST. 

7.  Has  a  proof   that  is   MATUR- 
ABLE. 

1.     A  Makeup  That  Is  Mysterious. 

Everywhere  in  the  universe  we  read 
that  God  has  a  mathematical  mind. 
Study  the  stars  and  you  will  find 
many  in  groups  of  seven.  In  the 
sphere  of  light,  there  are  seven  col- 
ors. In  the  sphere  of  music  there 
are  seven  whole  tones  in  the  scale. 
In  the  sphere  of  time  there  are  seven 
days  in  the  week.  In  the  sphere  of 
birth  of  animals  and  fowls,  seven  is 
seen  in  many  ways:  in  the  hatching 

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of  eggs  (hen  sits  three  sevens,  pigeon 
two  sevens  after  the  eggs  are  laid, 
etc.),  the  hatching  of  fish  ova.  In 
the  sphere  of  human  life,  seven  is 
written  everywhere:  the  body  is  com- 
pletely renewed  every  seven  years; 
the  seventh,  fourteenth  and  twenty- 
first  days  are  the  critical  days  in  dis- 
eases. In  fact,  wherever  we  turn  we 
find  seven  in  nature. 

The  mathematics  of  the  Bible  at- 
tract attention.  Over  300  times  the 
number  seven  is  on  the  surface,  and 
it  is  always  significant,  indicating 
"perfection  or  completion/'  It  is  the 
perfect  number.  The  best  proofs  we 
have  of  the  divine  origin  of  the  Bible, 
are  from  accidental  details  which  de- 
velop as  we  study  the  Bible  deeply. 
These  sevens  keep  coming  to  light. 
Great  doctrines  will  naturally  divide 
under  seven  points;  divine  conclu- 
sions will  come  under  seven  state- 
ments; prophetic  times  will  fall  into 
periods  of  sevens. 

No  human  foresight  could  have  ar- 
ranged this.  It  only  comes  out  with 
deep  study. 

Conclusion: — The  God  who  wrote 
the  perfect  number  seven  all  over 
the  universe,  must  be  the  God  who 
inspired  the  writers  of  Scripture. 

2.      A  Unity  That  Is  Marvelous. 

Composed  of  many  separate  books; 
written  by  many  men  who  lived  in 
many  countries;  in  many  centuries; 
engaged  in  many  walks  of  life  in  the 
midst  of  many  different  circum- 
stances; spread  over  1500  years  in 
preparation — how  shall  we  account 
for  the  marvelous  UNITY  of  the 
Scriptures  as  they  are  assembled? 

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God's  plan  of  redemption  by  the 
blood  runs  through  every  book.  With- 
out any  one  of  these  books  the  Bible 
would  be  incomplete. 

Some  allege  to  find  discrepancies 
in  the  Bible,  but  always  under  care- 
ful study,  these  apparent  contradic- 
tions vanish  and  perfect  unity  re- 
mains. 

Conclusion: — A  great  master-mind, 
that  of  God  Himself  must  have  been 
back  of  the  Bible,  inspiring  each 
writer. 

3.      A  Depth  That  Is  Matchless. 

Man's  books  are  soon  exhausted 
and  tossed  aside,  for  the  reason  that 
when  the  human  mind  has  possessed 
their  contents  they  are  no  longer 
needed.  Man's  books  are  ever  chang- 
ing. These  are  the  days  of  loose-leaf 
encyclopaedias  and  dictionaries. 

It  is  said  that  out  of  every  1000 
publications  600  never  pay  the  cost 
of  printing;  200  just  pay,  100  yield 
slight  profit;  fewer  yet  are  profitable. 
Six  hundred  and  fifty  books  out  of 
1000  are  forgotten  within  a  year;  150 
more  in  three  years;  less  than  50 
out  of  1000  survive  7  years'  publicity. 
Out  of  over  50,000  publications  of 
the  seventeenth  century  only  about 
60  are  known  to  have  been  main- 
tained and  reprinted. 

Most  libraries  are  cemeteries  of 
dead  books,  because  man's  writings 
are  so  soon  exhausted  and  because 
their  statements  so  soon  go  out  of 
date  or  are  found  to  be  erroneous. 

How  is  it  with  the  Bible?  A  life- 
time of  study  cannot  exhaust  it.  Gen- 
erations of  men  giving  their  time  .to 
it  cannot  get  to  the  bottom  of  its 

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wisdom.  Thousands  of  volumes  are 
written  yearly  in  comment  on  Bible 
themes.  Thousands  of  volumes  are 
written  yearly  in  criticism  of  the 
Bible,  a  fact  which  in  itself  proves 
the  Bible  has  a  mysterious  quality, 
that  so  many  intelligent  men  devote 
their  time  to  fighting  it.  But  the 
Bible  lives  on — in  spite  of  those  who 
are  trying  to  fathom  it;  in  spite  of 
those  who  write  against  it;  in  spite 
of  the  fanaticism  of  many  of  its 
friends. 

Its  promises  are  still  being  tested. 
Its  prophecies  are  still  coming  to 
pass.  No  changes  have  ever  been 
necessary  in  it  . 

Conclusion: — The  Bible  cannot  be 
a  humanly  devised  book  because  hu- 
man beings  cannot  exhaust  it. 

4.     An  Existence  That  Is  Miraculous. 

Men  have  always  fought  the  Bible 
because  it  is  the  one  book  that  fights 
them  in  their  sins.  It  is  "The  sword 
of  the  Spirit." 

Demons  and  men  have  employed 
everything  to  put  the  Bible  out  of 
commission,  and  never  with  such  or- 
ganized force  as  the  present  day. 

The  infidel  Voltaire  said  that  it 
took  12  men  to  start  Christianity,  but 
that  one  (himself)  would  destroy  it. 
The  very  room  where  he  wrote  after- 
ward fell  into  the  hands  of  the  For- 
eign Bible  Society  and  was  stored 
full  of  Bibles.  The  very  desk  on 
which  Ingersoll  wrote  much  of  his 
infidel  literature,  fell  into  the  hands 
of  a  great  Bible  student  who  has  sent 
Christian  literature  throughout  the 
earth. 

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The  more  the  Bible  is  fought,  the 
higher  it  rises.  It  never  had  such  a 
mighty  hold  upon  the  world  as  it  now 
has. 

Conclusion: — If  man  wrote  the 
Bible  he  could  get  rid  of  it.  "The 
Word  of  the  Lord  abideth  forever" — 
therefore  no  man  can  defeat  it  or  de- 
stroy it. 

5.     An  Influence  That  Is  Mighty. 

The  Bible  is  the  only  miracle 
working  book  in  the  world.  It  is  an 
ever-present  and  everlasting  miracle- 
working  power.  Its  message  has 
picked  up  thousands  from  the  gut- 
ters and  given  the  most  helpless  hu- 
man wrecks  power  to  stand  vic- 
torious over  sin  and  to  serve  God. 

Where  there  is  no  Bible,  sin  runs 
rampant.  No  infidel  chooses  to  live 
in  a  land  where  there  is  no  Bible. 
Where  pulpits  are  untrue  to  the 
Bible,  Godlessness  and  worldliness 
exist  to  an  alarming  degree.  The 
greatest  nations  are  what  they  are 
because  of  their  attitude  to  the  Bible. 
Nations  that  have  sunk  back  into 
heathenism,  and  those  that  are  to- 
day sinking,  have  everyone  of  them, 
turned  their  backs  on  the  Bible  for 
their  self-devised  philosophies. 

The  only  reason  men  do  not  want 
the  Bible  is  because  it  would  change 
their  lives.  The  water  in  the  pipes 
will  rise  as  high  as  the  level  of  the 
reservoir.  The  Bible  is  the  Book  that 
lifts  men  to  God.  From  whence  then, 
must  it  have  come? 

Conclusion: — A  Book  which  has 
such  mighty  power  to  elevate  life  to- 
ward God  must  have  been  inspired 
by  God. 

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6.     A  Fulfillment  That  Is  Manifest. 

The  claims  of  the  Bible  are  over- 
whelmingly proven  by  fulfillment  of 
its  prophecies  hundreds  of  years 
after  they  were  written.  So  detailed 
and  specific,  uttered  so  long  before 
the  events  transpired,  are  its  prophe- 
cies, that  it  is  certain  no  human  fore- 
sight could  have  anticipated  the 
events. 

(a)  Some  argue  that  predictions 
were  written  after  the  events.     But 
what  of  the  fact  that,  although  noth- 
ing has  been  added  to  the  prophecies, 
they  are  still  being   fulfilled   before 
our  eyes  and  that  details  of  proph- 
ecies  partly   fulfilled   years   ago    are 
only  recently  being  completed?     This 
is  clearly  seen  in  the  prophecies  con- 
cerning the  Jews  and  the  events  of 
the  closing  of  the  present  age. 

(b)  Some  argue  that  predictions 
are  mere  guesswork.     If  the  keenest 
men  today  who  are  guiding  the  des- 
tinies of  our  land,  men  having  per- 
fect knowledge  of  present  conditions 
and   tendencies   and    dangers,    were 
asked  to  write  what  would  happen  in 
detail  ten  years  from  now,  they  could 
not  do  it.     It  is  the  unexpected  that 
happens.      The   anticipations    of   the 
most  farseeing  are  constantly  mocked 
by  the  bitter  irony  of  events. 

(c)  Some  argue  that  the  predic- 
tions suggested  the  fulfillment  to  men. 
But  prophecies  have   been,   and   are 
being    fulfilled    by   men    entirely   ig- 
norant of  them — or  men  who   have 
struggled  desperately  to  avert  their 
fulfillment — or  by  the  very  elements. 

Conclusion: — Prophecy  came  not  in 
old  time  by  the  will  of  man  but  holy 

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men  of  God  spake  as  they  were 
moved  by  the  Holy  Ghost.  2  Pet. 
1:21. 

7.      A  Proof  That  Is  Maturable. 

(The   testimony  of  personal   experi- 
ence.) 

God  sets  a  divine  seal  of  the 
authority  of  the  Bible  in  the  soul  of 
the  believer.  Those  who  accept 
the  salvation  it  offers  are  prom- 
ised the  gift  of  the  Holy  Spirit. 
The  believer  who  has  thus  become  the 
'"temple  of  the  Holy  Ghost"  knows 
of  a  surety  that  the  Bible  is  true. 

Why  do  men  continue  to  believe  in 
the  Bible  in  spite  of  the  enmity  and 
scoffing  of  the  world?  Because  faith 
has  been  verified  in  vital  personal  ex- 
perience. When  one  has  been  born 
of  the  Spirit,  they  need  no  argu- 
ment. (But  see  1  Cor.  2:14). 

God  has  provided  a  way  of  access 
to  the  truth.  If  a  man  will  put  him- 
self right  before  God,  as  the  Bible  de- 
mands, his  experience  will  kill  all  his 
arguments.  The  unbeliever  has  ac- 
cess to  thousands  of  competent  wit- 
nesses who  have  experimentally 
tested  the  Bible,  therefore  there  is 
no  excuse  for  unbelief. 

Conclusion: — The  fact  that  mil- 
lions have  had  the  seal  of  the  Holy 
Spirit  placed  in  their  own  souls 
proves  that  no  other  than  God  could 
have  inspired  the  Bible. 


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INDEX   OF   PRINCIPAL.   BIBLE 
EVENTS  AND  FACTS 

Aaron's    Rod   that    budded— Num.    17. 

Abiding    Chapter — Jn.    IS. 

Abijam,    Accession    of    over    Judah — 1    Kgs. 

15:1-7. 

Abraham   and   Lot— Gen.   13,  14. 
Abraham,  Call  and  Covenant— Gen.  12;  13:14- 

18;   IS. 

Abraham,  death  of— Gen.  25:7-11. 
Absalom,  Slaying  of — 2  Sam.  18. 
Absalom,  Steals  the  love  of  ten  tribes  from 

David— 2    Sam.    15. 
Achan,  Sin  of— Josh.  7. 
Adamic    Covenant— Gen.    3:14,    15. 
Adonijah's   plot   to   seize   kingdom — 1   Kgs.    1. 
Adulterous    Wife    (Israel) — Hosea    2. 
Aeneas,  Healing  of — Acts  9. 
Agrippa,   Paul   before — Acts   26. 
Ahab,     Accession     of,     over     Israel— 1     Kgs. 

16:28-34. 

Ahab— Covets    Naboth's    vineyard— 1    Kgs.    21. 
Ahab,    Judgment    on — 2    Kgs.    10. 
Ahasuerus*  Great  Feast  and  Story  of  Vashti 

—Esther  1. 

Ahaz— Reign    over    Judah— 2   Kgs.    16. 
Ahaziah,    Accession    of,    over    Judah— 2    Kgs. 

8:25-27. 

Ai,    Conquest   of — Josh.   8. 
Almsgiving — Mt.  6. 
Altar    fire,    Vision    of— Ezek.    10. 
Amaziah— Reign    over    Judah— 2    Kgs.    14. 
Amon— Reign  over  Judah— 2  Kgs.  21:19-22. 
Ananias    and   Sapphira— Acts    5. 
Anointing    of    Jesus    by    Mary — Mt.    26:6-13; 

Mk.   14;  Jn.   12. 
Antioch,   Church  at — Acts   11. 
Anxiety,   Jesus'   care   for— Mt.   6:25-34. 
Ark,      Brought      into      Solomon's      temple— 1 

Kgs.  8. 
Ark,     David     bringing     it     to     Jerusalem — 2 

Sam.   6. 
Ark— Taken   by   Philistines,  becomes   a   curse 

to   them— 1    Sam.    4-5. 
Armor,   Christian — Eph.   6. 
Asa,  Accession  of.  over  Judah — 1  Kgs.    15:9- 

15. 

Ascension— Acts   1. 
Assurance — 1  Jn.  5. 

Assyrian    Captivity    of   Israel — 2   Kgs.    17. 
Athaliah — Destroys    royal    seed — 2    Kgs.     11. 
Atonement  Chapter — Heb.  9. 
Axe — Lost,    recovered    by    Elisha— 2    Kgs.    6. 
Azariah— Reign  over  Judah— 2  Kgs.   14:21,  23. 

Baasha,    Accession    of.    over    Israel— 1    Kgs. 
15:27-31. 

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Babel,   Tower   of— Gen.    11. 

Babylon    the    Great— Rev.    17-18. 

Babylonian  Captivity  of  Judah— 2  Kgs.  24:11- 

16;    ch.    25;   2   Chron.    36. 
Balaam,    Doctrine    of — Num.    25. 
Balaam's  Ass — Num.  22. 
Baptism   of  Jesus— Mt.   3:13-16;   Lk.   3:21,   22; 

Jn.   1:31-34. 
Barabbas,    Jesus    or— Mt.    27:15-24;    Lk.    23; 

Mk.   15;  Jn.  18. 
Barnabas.    Call    of—Acts    13. 
Barren    Fig   Tree— Mt.    21:18-22;    Mk.    11. 
Beast    Vision    of    Daniel— Dan.    7. 
Beatitudes— Mt.   5;   Lk.  6. 
Benjamin,    Birth    of— Gen.    35:16-18. 
Bethany,   Supper  at — Jn.   12. 
Bethesda,   Pool  of— Jn.   5. 
Blessings — of   the    law— Deut.    28. 
Blind  man  healed— Jn.  9. 
Blind    men    healed,    two— Mt.    9:27-34. 
Boaz,    the    kinsman- reedemer — Ruth    2-4. 
Boiling  Pot,   Parable   of— Ezek.   24. 
Bondwoman     and     her     son — cast     out — Gen. 

21:9-21. 
Book    of   the   law   found   by    Hilkiah— 2  Kgs. 

22:8-20;   ch.  23;   2  Chron.   34. 
Bread  of  Life — Jn.  6. 
Burning    Bush — Moses    and — Ex.    3. 
Burning    Vine,    Vision    of — Ezek.    15. 

Caesar,  Paul  before— Acts  25. 

Caiaphas,  Jesus   before— Mt.  26;   Mk.   14. 

Cain  and  Abel — Gen.  4. 

Canaan,    Final    Conquest   of— Josh.    11. 

Centurion's  Servant,  Jesus  and— Mt.  8;  Lk. 
7:1-10. 

Children,  Blessed— Mt.  19:13-15;  Mk.  10; 
Lk.  18. 

Children,   Sermon  on— Mt.   18;   Mk.  9;   Lk.  9. 

Christ,    Vicarious    Sacrifice — Is.    53. 

Christian   Liberty— 1   Cor.   8. 

Circumcision,  Established  as  sign  of  Abra- 
hamic  covenant — Gen.  17:9-14. 

Civilization,    Antediluvian — Gen.    6:4. 

Civilization,    the    first— Gen.    4:16-24. 

Cities  of  Refuge— Num.  35;  Deut.  4:41-49; 
19;  Josh.  20. 

Clothes,    Woman's— Deut.    22:5. 

Commandments— Deut.   5:7-14,   16-21;  6:5. 

Commandments —    Ex.    20. 

Consecration — Rom.    12. 

Corinth,    Paul    at— Acts    18. 

Cornelius    and    Peter— Acts    10. 

Council    at   Jerusalem— Acts    15. 

Covenant,   the   Davidic — 2  Sam.   7. 

Covenant,    the   Palestine — Deut.    29-30. 

Creation,   of   Male   and   Female — Gen.    2:7-25. 

Creation  (rather  preparation  of  earth  for  in- 
habitants after  it  had  for  a  long  season 

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been    waste    and    void) — Gen.    1:2-2:7. 
Creation,    the    original — Gen.    1:1. 
Crucifixion    of    Jesus— Mt.    27;    Mk.    15;    Lk. 

23;   Jn.   19. 
Curses— of   the   Law— Deut.   27:9-26. 

Daniel,   History   of — Dan.   1. 

David    and    Goliath— 1    Sam.    17. 

David,  Choice  of  as  king — 1  Sam.  16. 

David,   Death  of— 1   Kgs.   2. 

David,  Received  as  King  of  Judah— 2  Sam.  2 

and  Israel— 2   Sam.   5. 
David's    Discouragement — 1    Sam.    27. 
David's   Great  Sin— 2   Sam.   11.     His  Repent- 
ance—Ch.   12. 
David's  Song  of  Deliverance — 2  Sam.  22  and 

last   words— 2   Sam.   23. 
David's     Wanderings     in    Rejection— 1     Sam. 

21-30. 

Day   of  Atonement — Lev.   16.     In  Israel. 
Deacon  Chapters— 1  Tim.  3;  Acts  6. 
Deacons,   the   First— Acts  6. 
Dead   to    Law — Rom.   7. 
Death,    Spiritual— Rom.    3. 
Death    to    Sin— Rom.    6. 
Deborah     and     Barak   —   pursue     Sisera   — 

Judges  4. 
Decalog— Ex.  20. 
Deity   of   Christ— Jn.   1. 
Demoniac    healed— Mt.    12:22-30;    Mk.    3:22-30; 

Lk.   11:14-23. 
Demons   of   Gadara— Mt.   8:28-34;    Mk.   5;   Lk. 

8:26-40. 

Depravity,    Human— Rom.    1. 
Disciples    instructed— Mt.   10;   Mk.  6;   Lk.   9. 
Disciples'   Prayer— Mt.  6;   Lk.   11. 
Divorce,    Jesus    and— Mt.     5:31,    32;     19:3-11; 

Mk.    10:2-12. 

Divorce,    Mosaic    Laws    of — Deut.    24:1-4. 
Dorcas,   Raising   of — Acts   9. 
Drag   net,   Parable   of— Mt.   13:47-52. 
Draught  of  Fishes— Lk.   5. 
Dross  in  furnace,  Parable  of— Ezek.   22. 
Drunkenness— of    Noah— Gen.     10:20-23. 
Dry    Bones,   Vision    of — Ezek.    37. 
Duty   Chapter— Ezek.  33. 

Egyptians,   Drowned   in   Red   Sea— Ex.   14. 

Elah,  Accession  of,  over  Israel — 1  Kgs. 
16:8-10. 

Election— Rom.  9. 

Elijah  and  Prophets  of  Baal  on  Carmel— 1 
Kgs.  18. 

Elijah,  Fed  at  Cherith  and  Zarephath— 1 
Kgs.  17:1-16. 

Elijah   Raises   Widow's   Son— 1   Kgs.    17:17-24. 

Elijah,    Translation   of— 2  Kgs.   2. 

Elijah  under  Juniper  Tree  in  Discourage- 
ment—I Kgs.  19. 

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Elisha   and   Lost   Axe— 2   Kgs.   6. 

Elisha   and   Noxious   Pottage— 2   Kgs.   4:38-41. 

Elisha  and  Widow's  Cruse  of  Oil  and  Rais- 
ing Son  of  Shunammite — 2  Kgs.  4. 

Elisha,    Call    of— 1    Kgs.    19:19-21. 

Elisha,   Call   of— 2   Kgs.   2. 

Elisha  Feeds  One  Hundred  Men— 2  Kgs. 
4:42-44. 

Elisha,  Illness  and  Death  of— 2  Kgs.  13:14-25. 

Elisha  Leads  the  Blinded  Syrians  to  Sa- 
maria—2  Kgs.  6:18-23. 

Elisha's    Promise   of  Water— 2  Kgs.  3. 

Ephesian    Elders,    Paul    and— Acts   20. 

Esau,   Birth   of— Gen.    25:24-26. 

Esau,    Sale    of    Birthright— Gen.    25:27-34. 

Esther  Made  Queen,  and  Her  Courage- 
Esther  2-5. 

Eunuch,   Philip   and  the — Acts  8. 

Exaltation    Chapter— Heb.    1. 

Excuses — Lk.    14. 

Ezra,  His  Expedition  from  Babylon— Ezra 
7-8. 

Faith  Chapter— Heb.  11. 

Faithless    Shepherds— Ezek.    34. 

Fall  of  Man  and  Woman  Through  Sin- 
Gen.  3. 

False    Prophets,    Test    of— Deut.    13. 

False    Teachers,    Test   of-Mt.    7:15-20. 

Feasts  of  Jehovah — Lev.  23.  Passover,  Un- 
leavened Bread,  First  Fruits,  Wave 
Loaves,  Trumpets,  Day  of  Atonement, 
Tabernacles. 

Felix,    Paul    before— Acts    23-24. 

Festus,    Paul    before — Acts    25. 

Figs,  Sign  of  the— Jer.  24. 

Fig  Tree,  Parable  of— Mt.  24:32-36;  Mk.  13; 
Lk.  21. 

Five  Thousand  Fed— Mt.  14:15-21;  Mk.  6; 
Lk.  9;  John  6. 

Flesh    Pots    of    Egypt— Num.    11:12-13. 

Flood— Gen.  6-8. 

Food  for  Israel;   Dietary   Laws— Deut.   14. 

Food,    Prescribed    for    Israelites — Lev.    11. 

Four  Thousand  Fed— Mt.   15:32-39;   Mk.  8:1-9. 

Foxes    and   Firebrands,   Samson's — Judges    15. 

Furnace,    the    Harmless — Dan.    3. 

Gallio    and   Paul— Act*   18. 

Gamaliel,    Warning    of— Acts    5:34-39. 

Garment    and    Bottles,    Parable    of— Mt.    9:16, 

17;    Mk.   5:22-43;    Lk.   8:41-56. 
Gedaliah,    Governor    over    Palestine — 2    Kgs. 

25:22-30. 

Genealogy,    of    Adam— Gen.    5. 
Genealogy   of  Jesus — Mt.   1;   Lk.    1. 
Genealogy,      of      Noah,      Shem,      Ham      and 

Japheth— Gen.   10. 
Genealogy,   Shem— Gen.   11:10-32. 

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Gethsemane,  Jesus  in— Mt.  26:36-46;  Mk.  14; 
Lk.  22. 

Gideon,  Call  of— Judges  6.  His  Victory- 
Judges  7. 

Gifts,   Spiritual— 1    Cor.    12. 

Glory,  Daniel's  Vision  of— Dan.  10. 

Glory,  Vision  of— Ezek.   1. 

God,  as  El  Elyon  (Most  High  God)— Gen. 
14:17-24. 

God,  as  El  Shad-dai  (Almighty  God)— Gen. 
17 :1. 

Goliath  Defies  Israel— 1  Sam.   17. 

Good  Shepherd— Jn.  10. 

Great  Commission— Mt.  28:16-20;  Mk.  16:15- 
18. 

Great    Eagle,    Parable   of— Ezek.    17. 

Haman,   Conspiracy   of— Esther  3. 
Handwriting  on  the  Wall — Dan.  5. 
Heaven— Rev.  21. 
Herodians,    Jesus'    Answer    to— Mt.    22:15-22; 

Mk.   12;   Lk.   20. 
Hezekiah,    Reign    over    Judah— 2    Kgs.    16:19, 

20. 

Hezekiah's  Illness   and  Recovery— 2  Kgs.   20. 
Hezekiah's    Prayer   and   the   Answer— 2   Kgi. 

19. 

Hid   Treasure,   Parable    of— Mt.    13:44. 
Hidden    Stones,    Sign   of — Jer.    43. 
Holy    Spirit — Jn.    16. 

Hoshea,   Reign  over  Israel— 2  Kgs.   17:1,  2. 
Householder,    Parable    of— Mt.    21:33-46;    Mk. 

12;  Lk.  20. 

Idolatry,    Penalty    of— Deut.    17:2-7;    18:9-14. 

Image  of  Nebuchadnezzar's   Dream— Dan.   2. 

Importunate    Friend,    Parable    of— Lk.    11:5-10. 

Impotent   Man   of   Lystra— Acts    14. 

Intemperance— Prov.    23. 

Intercessory   Prayer   of  Jesus— Jn.    17. 

Isaac,   a   Bride  for— Gen.  24. 

Isaac,   Birth   of— Gen.   21. 

Isaac,    Death    of— Gen.    35:27-29. 

Isaac,  Offering  of— Gen.  22. 

Isaac,    Promise    of— Gen.    17:15-19. 

Isaiah's    Transforming    Vision— Is.    6. 

Ishmael,  Birth  of— Gen.  16. 

Israel,   Assyrian    Captivity   of — 2  Kgs.    17. 

Israel    Chapter — Rom.    11. 

Israel    Demands    a    King— 1    Sam.    8. 

Israel,    Egyptian    Bondage — Ex.    1,    etc. 

Israel,    the   Adulterous    Wife— Hosea   2. 

Israel,   Wandering— Num.    15-20;   Deut.   2-3. 

Jacob    and    Esau   Reconciled— Gen.    33. 
Jacob    and    Esau,    Stolen    Blessing— Gen.    27. 
Jacob   at   Haran — Gen.   29. 
Jacob,    Birth   of— Gen.   25:24-26. 

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Jacob's    Dying   Blessing— Gen.    49. 

Jacob's    Vision — Gen.    28. 

Jacob   Wrestling  with   Angel— Gen.    32:34-32. 

Jairus'     Daughter     Raised— Mt.     9;     Mk.     S; 

Lk.  8. 
lames  and  John,  Ambitions  of— Mt.  20:20-28; 

Mk.   10:35-45. 

Jehoahaz,    Reign    over    Israel— 2    Kgs.    13. 
Jehoash,  Accession  over  Israel — 2  Kgs.  13. 
Jehoiachin,  Reign  over  Judah— 2  Kgs.  24:6-9. 
Jehoiakim,   Reign   over  Judah— 2  Kgs.   23:34- 

Jehoram,    Accession    of    over    Israel— 2    Kg§. 

1:17,  18. 
Tehoshaphat,     Accession     of     over     Judah— 1 

Kgs.    22:41-49. 

Jehu,   Anointed   King  of   Israel— 2  Kgs.   9. 
Jephtha's    Vow— Judges    11. 
Jericho,  Conquest  of— Josh.  6. 
Jeroboam,     Disobedience     and     Death     of— 1 

Kgs.   14. 
Jeroboam     II,     Reign     over     Israel— 2     Kgs. 

14:23-27. 

Jeroboam,   The   Rise   of— 1   Kgs.    11:26-40. 
Jesus,     Baptism     of— Mt.     3:13-16;     Lk.     3:21, 

22;  Jn.   1:31-34. 
Jesus,     Birth    of— Mt.     1:18-25;     Lk.     1:26-35; 

ez'ebel,   Slaying  of— 2  Kgs.   9:30-37. 

oab,   Flight   and  Death  of— 1   Kgs.  2:28-34. 

oash,   Accession   of   over   Judah — 2  Kgs.    11. 

ob'i   Humility   before   God— Job  42. 

ob's  Opinion  of  Himself — Job  30. 

ohn    the    Baptist,    Ministry    of— Mt.    3;    Lk. 

3;   Jn.    1. 
John    the    Baptist,    Murder    of— Mt.    14;    Mk. 

6;   Lk.   9. 

Jonah  and   the   Great   Fish— Jonah  1-4. 
Jonathan  and  David,  Their  Love  Covenant— 

1  Sam.  18. 

Jonathan's    Protection    of    David— 1    Sam.    20. 
Jonathan's   Victory   over   Philistines — 1   Sam. 

Joseph,   Story   of— Gen.   37,  39,  40,  41,   42,   43, 

44,   45,   46,   47. 

Joshua,    Appointment    of— Num.    27:15-23. 
'oshua,   His    Call— Josh.    1. 
oshua,    Last    Counsels    of— Josh.    23. 
osiah,    Reign    over   Judah— 2    Kgs.    21:23-26; 

ch.   22. 

Jotham,    Reign   over   Judah— 2   Kgs.    15:32-38. 
Judas    Sells    Christ— Mt.    26:14-16;    Mk.    14; 

Lk.    22. 
Judges,    Selected    to    Solve    Problems    of   !•• 

raelites— Ex.  18. 
Judges,  The  First— Judges  3. 
Judging— Mt.  7. 
Judging— Rom.    14. 

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Judgments,   The    (law)— Ex.   21. 
ustification— Rom.  5. 

Kadesh-Barnea   Experience— Num.   11. 
Kadesh-Barnea,    Failure    at— Deut.    1. 
King,  Israel   Demands— 1   Sam.  8. 
Kings,    First    Mention— Gen.    14. 

Laborers  in  Vineyard,  Parable  of — Mt.  20. 

Lame   Man   at   Temple   Gate— Acts   3. 

Language,    Confounded— Gen.    11. 

Law    and    Grace— Gal. 

Law,  Br9ken— Ex.  32. 

Law.     Dispensation    of;     Its    Inauguration-* 

Ex.  19. 

Law,  Saints  Go  to— 1  Cor.  6. 
Law,    The    Second   Tables    of— Ex.    34. 
Lazarus,    Raising   of— Jn.    11. 
Leaven,    Parable   of-Mt.    13;    Lk.    13. 
Leprosy,   Law   Concerning— Lev.   13,  14. 
Light    on    a   Hill— Mt.    5:14-16. 
Linen   Girdle,    Sign    of— Jer.    13. 
Lord   of   the   Sabbath— Mt.    12. 
Lord's   Prayer— Mt.  6;   Lk.   11. 
Lord's    Supper    Instituted— Mt.    26:26-29;    Mk. 

14:22-25;   Lk.   22:17-20;    1   Cor.    11:23-25. 
Lost    Coin,   Parable   of— Lk.    15. 
Lost   Sheep,   Parable   of— Lk.   15. 
Lot   and  His   Wife— Gen.    19. 
Love— 1  Cor.   13. 
Love — 1  Jn.  4. 

Macedonia,    Paul's    Call    to— Acts    20. 

Magi,  Visit  of— Mt.   2. 

Magnificat— Lk.  1:46-56. 

Man  with  Measuring  Reed,  Vision  of — Ezek. 

40. 

Manasseh,   Reign   over  Judah— 2  Kgs.   21. 
Manna   and  Quails — Ex.   16. 
Marriage — 1    Cor.   7. 
Marriage  at  Cana— Jn.  2. 

Marriage   Feast,   Parable  of— Mt.   22;   Lk.   14. 
Marriage    of    Lamb — Rev.    19. 
Mars  Hill  Sermon— Acts  17. 
Mediation  Chapter — Heb.  8. 
Memorial    Stones— Josh.    4. 
Menahem,    Reign    over    Israel— 2    Kgs.    15:16, 

Mephibosheth    and   David— 2   Sam.    9. 
Meribah,  Water  of— Num.  20. 
Millennium  Chapter — Rev.  20. 
Moabite   Rebellion    Defeated— 2   Kgs.    3. 
Mordecai    and    Haman— Esther    6-7. 
Mosaic   Law — Ex.    20   on. 
Moses,   Birth  of— Ex.  2. 
Moses,   Death   of— Deut.   34. 
Moses,  Lack  of  Eloquence — Ex.  4. 
Moses'    Last    Counsels— Deut.    31. 

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Moses,    Song   of— Deut.    32. 

Motherhood,     Laws     of     (given     to    Israel)— 

Lev.    12. 

Mothers'    Chapter— Judges    13. 
Murder,    The    First— Gen.    4:8-17. 
Mustard  Seed,   Parable  of— Mt.   13;   Mk.  4. 

Naaman,  the  Leper  Healed— 2  Kgs.  5. 

Naboth's  Vineyard  Coveted  by  Ahab— 1  Kgs. 
21. 

Nadab,  Accession  of  over  Israel — 1  Kgs. 
15:25,  26. 

Nathan  and  Bathsheba's  Plot  to  Seize  King- 
dom— 1  Kgs.  1. 

Nazarite  Laws — Num.  6. 

Nehemiah's  Expedition  to  Jerusalem — Neh.  2. 

Nehemiah's    Prayer— Neh.    1. 

New  Birth— Jn.  3. 

Nicodemus,    Jesus    and— Jn.    3. 

Noahic  Covenant— Gen.   8:20-22;  9:24-27. 

Nobleman's    Son    Healed— Jn.   4:46-54. 

Offerings,   Peace — Lev.   3. 

Offerings,   Sin— Lev.   4. 

Offerings,  The  Burnt— Lev.  1. 

Offerings,   The   Meat— Lev.   2. 

Offerings.  Trespass— Lev.  5. 

Olivet   Discourse   of   Jesus— Mt.   24;    Mk.    13; 

Lk.  21. 
Omri,  Reign  of  over  Israel— 1  Kgs.  16:23-27. 

Palestine   Covenant— Deut.   29-30. 

Palsied  Man  Healed— Mt.   9;   Mk.   2;   Lk.   5. 

Passage    of    Jordan,    Israel's— Josh.    3. 

Passover,    Law    of— Num.    9. 

Passover,   Origin   of— Ex.    12. 

Passover,     Preparation     of-     for     Jesus — Mt. 

26:17-19;   Mk.    14;   Lk.   22. 
Paul   and   Silas— Acts   16. 
Paul's    Arrest    and    Trials— Acts    21-25. 
Peace   Chapter— Jn.    14. 
Pearl,   Parable   of— Mt.    13:45,   46. 
Pekah,   Reign   over  Israel— 2  Kgs.   15:23-26. 
Pekahiah,    Reign    over    Israel— 2    Kgs.    15:21, 

22. 

Pentecost— Acts  2. 
Peter  in  Prison— Acts   12. 
Peter's   Confession— Mt.   16:13-18;  Mk.  8;  Lk. 

9;   Jn.   6. 
Peter's  Denial— Mt.  26:69-75;  Mk.  14;  Lk.  22; 

Jn.   18. 

Peter's   Sermon — Acts   2. 
Peter's    Wife's    Mother— Mt.    8:14-18. 
Pharaoh,    Contests    of   Israel    with— Ex.    5-12. 
Pharaoh's    Heart    Hardened — Ex.    4. 
Pharisee    and    Publican,    Parable    of — Lk.    18: 

9-14. 
Pharisees,    Jesus'    Answer    to— Mt.    22:34-46; 

Mk.    12. 

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Pharisees,    Jesus'    Denunciation    of — Mt.    23; 

Mk.    12;    Lk.    20. 
Philip,    Ministry    of— Acti    8. 
Philippian   Jailor,    Conversion    of— Actt    16. 
Philosophers,    Paul    and— Acts    17. 
Pilate,    Jesus    before— Mt.    27;    Mk.    15;    Lk. 

23;    Jn.    18. 

Pottage,    The    Noxious— 2    Kgf.    4:38-41. 
Potter's    House,    Sign    of— Jer.    18-19. 
Pounds,    Parable   of— Lk.    19. 
Powerless     Disciples— Mt.     17:14-21;     Mk.     9; 

Lk.   9. 
Priesthood      (Levitical),      Inauguration      of— 

Ex.   28. 

Priests,  Beginning  of  Their  Ministry — Lev.  9. 
Priests,    Laws    for— Lev.    21,    22. 
Prodigal    Son,   Parable    of— Lk.    15. 
Prophets   of   Baal   and   Elijah— 1   Kgs.   18. 
Purim,    Feast   of   Instituted— Esther   9. 

Queen  of  Sheba  and   Solomon— 1   Kgs.   10. 

Rahab  and  Spies— Josh.  2. 

Rainbow— Gen.    9:13-16. 

Ram  and  Rough  Goat  Vision— Dan.  8. 

Rebecca,    Bride    of    Isaac— Gen.    24. 

Rehoboam,  Death  of— 1  Kgs.  14. 

Rehoboam,    The    Accession    and    Folly    of — 1 

Kgs.    12. 

Repentance   Chapter — Lk.    13. 
Rest   Chapter— Heb.   4. 
Resurrection— 1    Cor.    15. 
Resurrection   of  Jesus— Mt.   28;    Mk.    16;    Lk. 

24;    Jn.    20. 

Revival    Chapter— Joel   2. 
Rich  Man  and  Lazarus — Lk.  16. 
Rich    Young    Ruler— Mt.     19:16-26;     Mk.     10; 

Lk.    18. 

Riches,  Jesus'  Law  of— Mt.  6:19-24. 
Rod  that   Budded— Num.   17. 
Ruth's    Choice— Ruth    1. 

Sabbath    Given    to    Israel— Ex.    16:23-36. 

Sabbath,  in  Israel— Ex.  35. 

Sabbath,    The    First— Gen.    2:1-3. 

Sabbatic   Year— Deut.    15. 

Sabbatic   Year— Lev.    25. 

Sadducees,  Jesus'  Answer  to — Mt.  22:23-33; 
Mk.  12;  Lk.  20. 

Safety    Psalm— Ps.   91. 

Salt  of  the  Earth-Mt.  5:13. 

Salvation    Chapter — Rom.    10. 

Samson  and  Delilah— Judges  16. 

Samson   and  Lion— Judges   14. 

Samson.    Birth    of— Judges    13. 

Samson's   Riddle— Judges   14. 

Samson's  Victory  with  Jawbone  of  an  Ad- 
judges 15. 

Samuel,    Birth    of— 1    Sam.    1. 

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Samuel,  The  Child  in  the  Tabernacle— 1  Sam. 

2,  3. 

Sanhedrin,  Jesus   before— Mt.   26;   Mk.   14. 
Sarah,   Death    and   Burial    of— Gen.   23. 
Satan,   Doom    of— Rev.    20. 
Satan,   History    of— Is.    14;    Ezek.    28. 
Saul   and  Witch  of   Endor— 1   Sam.   28. 
Saul,     Chosen     King     of     Israel— 1     Sam.     9. 

Anointed — 1    Sam.    10. 
Saul,    Death   of— 1    Sam.    31. 
Saul,    Intrudes    into    Priest's    Office— 1    Sam. 

13. 

Saul    of    Tarsus,    Conversion    of— Acts    9. 
Saul    Persecuting    Christians — Acts    8. 
Saul's  Incomplete   Obedience;   Spares  Agag— 

1   Sam.   15. 
Scape- goat — Lev.    16. 
Seals,    Seven— Rev.    6-8:1. 
Self -righteousness — Rom.    2. 
Sennacherib  Invades  Judah— 2  Kgs.   18:13-25. 
Separation    Chapter— 2    Cor.    6. 
Sermon   on    the    Mount— Mt.    5-7;    Lk.   6. 
Serpent  of  Brass— Num.  21. 
Service  Chapter— Lk.  10. 
Seth,  Birth  of— Gen.  4:25,  26. 
Seth,    His    Family— Gen.    5:6-32. 
Seven    Churches,    Messages    to — Rev.    2-3. 
Seventy    Weeks,    Vision    of— Dan.    9. 
Shadow   on   Dial   of  Ahaz   Turned   Back   Ten 

Degrees— 2    Kgs.    20:9-11. 
Shadrach,     Meshach,     Abed-nego    Refuse     tQ 

Worship    Image— Dan.    3. 

Shallum,   Reign   over  Judah— 2  Kgs.   15:13-15. 
Sharp    Knife,    Sign    of — Ezek.    5. 
Shunammite  Lad  Restored  to  Life — 2  Kgs.  4. 
Sighing    Prophet,    Parable    of— Ezek.    21. 
Sign    of    Jonas— Mt.    12:38-42;    Lk.    11:29,    30. 
Silversmiths,    Uproar    of    at    Ephesus— Acts 

19. 
Simeon,     Adoration     and     Prophecy     of — Lk. 

2:25-38. 

Slaughter     of     Babes,     Herod's— Mt.     2:16-18. 
Smitten   Rock   at   Meribah— Ex.    17. 
Soldier's    Chapter— Eph.    6. 
Solomon   and   Queen   of  Sheba— 1   Kgs.   10. 
Solomon  Anointed  King — 1  Kgs.   1. 
Solomon,   Birth   of— 2   Sam.    12:24,   25. 
Solomon,   Energy   and   Fame  of— 1   Kgs.   9:10- 

28. 

Solomon's  Alliance  with  Pharaoh — 1  Kgs.  3. 
Solomon's  Departure  from  God — 1  Kgs.  11. 
Solomon's  First  Show  of  Wisdom— 1  Kgs. 

3:16-28. 

Solomon's  House— 1  Kgs.  7. 
Solomon's    Sermon — 1   Kgs.   8. 
Sodom,    Destruction    of — Gen.    19. 
Song   of   the   Redeemed— Ex.    15. 
Sorcerer,  Opposition  of  the — Acts  13. 
Sower,  Parable  of— Mt.   13;   Mk.  4;  Lk.  8. 
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Spiritualism,    Warning    Against— Deut.    18:9- 

Spiritualism,    Warnings    Against— Lev.    19:31\ 

20:6. 

Stephen's   Address   before   Council— Acts  7. 
Strange  Fire  of  Nadab  and  Abihu— Lev.   10. 
Sun   Standing   Still— Josh.    10. 

Tabernacle,    Building   of— Ex.    36-40. 
Tabernacle,   Plans   of— Ex.    25-31,   36-38. 
Talents,    Parable    of— Mt.    25:14-30. 
Tares  and  Wheat,  Parable  of— Mt.   13. 
Temple,    Adversaries    Hinder    Restoration    of 

Under    Cyrus'    Reign — Ezra    4. 
Temple,    Cyrus'    Decree    for    Restoration    of— 

Ezra   1-3. 
Temple,    Darius'    Decree    for    Restoration    of 

—Ezra   6. 

Temple,    Future— Ezek.    40-41-42-43-44. 
Temple     Repaired     Under     Jehoiada— 2     Kgs. 

12:9-16. 

Temple    Repaired    under    Josiah— 2    Kgs.    22. 
Temple,   Solomon   Prepares   to   Build— 1   Kgs. 

5.       Starts   to  Build— 1   Kgs.  6,  7. 
Temptation  of  Jesus— Mt.   4;  Mk.   1;  Lk.  4. 
Ten   Lepers   Healed-Lk.    17:11-19. 
Ten  Virgins,   Parable   of— Mt.   25. 
Thessalonica,    Church    at— Acts    17. 
Tile,  Sign  of— Ezek.  4. 
Timothy,   Call  of— Acts   16. 
Tongue— Jas.    3. 
Tongues— 1   Cor.    14. 

Transfiguration— Mt.   17;   Mk.  9;   Lk.  9. 
Traveler's    Psalm— Ps.    2. 
Tree,    Vision— Dan.    4. 
Tribute  Money,  Miracle  of— Mt.  17:24-27;  Mk. 

12:13. 

Triumphal    Entry— Mt.   21;   Mk.    11;   Lk.   19. 
Trumpets,  Seven— Rev.  8,  9.  : 

Two    Foundations— Mt.    7:24-29. 
Two  Sticks,  Sign  of— Ezek.  37. 
Two  Ways— Mt.  7:13-14. 

Unclean    Spirits    Go    Out    and    Return— Mt. 

12:43-45;    Lk.    11:24-26. 
Unjust  Steward,   Parable  of— Lk.  16. 
Unmarried    Prophet,    Sign    of — Jer.    16-17. 
Unpardonable    Sin— Mt.    12:31,    32;    Mk.    3:29, 

30. 
Uzziah,  Reign  over  Judah— 2  Kgs.   15:1-5. 

Vials,   The   Seven— Rev.   15,   16. 

Victory   Chapter— Rom.  8. 

Vine  and  Branches— Jn.  15. 

Vineyard,    Parable    of    Jehovah's— Is.    5. 

Viper's    Bite,    Miracle    of   Paul— Acts    28w 

Virgin    Birth,    Prediction    of— Is.    9. 

Vow,   Paul   Takes   a   Jewish— Acts   21. 

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Walking  on  Water,  Jesus— Mt.  14:22-36;  Mk. 

6;  Jn.  6. 
Wall,    Rebuilding    Jerusalem's    under    Nehe- 

miah— Neh.    3-6. 

Wandering  of  Israel— Num.   15-20. 
Warfare,  Laws  of— Deut.   20. 
Washing    of    Feet— Jn.    13, 
Water   from   the   Rock— Num.  20. 
Waves     Stilled-Mt.     8:23-27;     Mk.     4:36-41; 

Lk.    8:22-25. 

Widow's    Chapter— Is.    54. 
Widow's    Mite— Lk.    21;    Mk.    12:41-44. 
Widow's   Oil,   Increase   of— 2  Kgs.  4. 
Wife's    Chapter— Prov.   31. 
Wild  Gourds  in  the  Pottage— 2  Kgs.  4:38-41. 
Wisdom    Chapter— Prov.    3. 
Witch  of  Endor  and  Saul— 1  Sam.  28. 
Withered   Hand   Healed-Mt.    12:9-14;    Mk.   3; 

Lk.  6. 

Woman   of   Samaria— Jn.    4. 
Woman    Taken    in    Adultery — Jn.    8. 
Woman    with    Issue    of    Blood— Mt.    9:18-26; 

Mk.   5:22-43;   Lk.   8:41-56. 
Woman's  Psalm— Ps.  45. 
Women,  in  Church— 1  Cor.  11. 
Works— Jas.   2. 

Year  of  Jubilee— Lev.  25. 
Yokes,   Sign   of   the— Jer.   27-28. 

Zaccheus,    Conversion    of— Lk.    19. 
Zechariah,  Reign  over  Israel— 2  Kgs.  15:8,  9. 
Zimri,  Reign  of  over  Israel— 1  Kgs.   16:11-20. 


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HOW  TO  DETECT  HERESIES 

There  are  seven  tests  in  First  John 
four  that  are  useful  to  test  any  im- 
pression, spirit  or  doctrine: 

1.  Does  it  confess  the  true  hu- 
manity of  Jesus  Christ?    I  John  4:2. 

2.  Does  it  confess  the  true  divin- 
ity of  Jesus  Christ?    I  John  4:9,  16. 

3.  Does  it  confess  the  vicarious 
atonement  of  Jesus  Christ?     I  John 
4:10,  14. 

4.  Does  it  tend    to    worldliness, 
and  to  a  love  of  the  outward?    I  John 
4:4,   5. 

5.  Do     the     deeply     spiritually- 
minded  agree  with  it?    I  John  4:6. 

6.  Does  it  witness  to  the  spirit  of 
divine  love?    I  John  4:7,  8. 

7.  Does  it  accord  with  the  teach- 
ing of  God's  Holy  Spirit?     I  John 
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